Bird's eye view

S Satish

This might be out of focus at this very moment, but the right time to chip in since talks though not noisy are constantly hitting the desk of Govt. Fuel hike is one of the important indicator of inflation if I could use that term aptly. Price of fuel if I remember was around Rs.47 6 months back. Now it has just rocketed madly to Rs.60.

When I used to fill petrol I just notice the quantity that falls in the screen which was around 10.28 litres for Rs.500. Now it is 2 litres short which is approx 28kms loss on one trip. Now I would like to bring here two issues into focus. 1. The Bharath Bandh that followed rise in price of fuel as well as essential commodities; 2. Strikes and lockouts.

Bharath Bandh
The cause for the Bandh is good but the Bandh as I heard from sources cost the Govt. 10,000cr. Now this money is also to be compensated which adds to the problem. I totally understand the current situation and support the cause. I am not taking this from a political angle, rather from a aam-admi's perceptive. I can see things getting costlier which once were stocked for no need. Now time has proved so. I dont stand for any of the parties since each one of them have different views of seeing a problem. I would like to raise voice on asking whether Bandh is the only situation.

Strikes and lockouts
Most of the corporates and others whose employee union command a tough tag over the company generally resort to strikes, lock-outs, phase-outs to redeem their requests. But requests cant override the policies of the company which is generally no loss of labour due to strike, temporary separation etc. Many companies went on to face a severe problem when the union went on frequent protests. Normally all the big players like Reliance, Tatas, Aditya group try to passify their strength on relationships with the employees. But they dont compromise on their policies or any other intangible matters. Thats the nomenclature and a sign for effective management. In a way our Govt. too should atleast try to pull out the velocity of the opposition parties from opening their voices at the Parliament frequently without sacrificing their core policies. 

This can sit in your minds heavily but we have literally no control over it. Only a consensus of mind can resolve this issue which is not happening these days.

Lets see how the Economist PM and Pranabda move their coin.